186 



VERTEBRATA : AVES OR BIRDS. 



membrane ; and their young are able to run about and 

 pick up food as soon as hatched. 



FIG. 218. 



Pheasant, Phasianus cotchicus. 



To this order belong the Pheasants, the common do- 



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mestic fowls, and their wild allies ; also the Grouse, the 

 Quails, etc. 



